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Tower Hamlets 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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| Total Notifications | Corrected Notifications | Removed to Hospital | Notified in Area in 1964 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Encephalitis -Infective | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Post-Infectious Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Paralytic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Non-Paralytic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diphtheria | 24 | 8 | 24 | 0 |
| Dysentery | 61 | 61 | 14 | 271 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Erysipelas | 10 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| Food Poisoning | 42 | 42 | 13 | 10 |
| Malaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Measles | 2,237 | 2,236 | 30 | 1,377 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Pneumonia | 158 | 158 | 11 | 89 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 13 | 13 | 13 | 7 |
| Scabies | 86 | 86 | 1 | 91 |
| Scarlet Fever | 172 | 171 | 26 | 216 |
| Tuberculosis -Pulmonary | 146 | 146 | - | 134 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 17 | 17 | - | 17 |
| Whooping Cough | 102 | 101 | 25 | 111 |
| Zymotic Enteritis* | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
(*) Notifiable in Poplar area until 31st March, 1965 only
MORBIDITY - First Claims for Sickness Benefit
Claims made to local offices of the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance
covering postal districts E. 1, E. 2, E. 3, E. 14 during July- December 1965 were as follows:-
July 2,750
August 3,367
September 3,278
October 4,566
November 3,941
December 3,091
Total 20,993
(Figures not available for first 6 months of the year).